Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Nymphaea lutea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 510.
today: The current name for this species is Nuphar lutea (L.) Sibth. & Sm.
original Latin description
Nymphaea calice [sic] magno pentaphyllo.
English translation
Nymphaea with a calyx large [and] five-leaved.
| Nymphaea | Nymphaea |
| with a calyx | calice [sic] - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun calyx, calycis |
| large | magno - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective magnus, -a, -um; modifies calice [sic] |
| [and] | added for smoother reading |
| five-leaved. | pentaphyllo - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective pentaphyllus, -a, -um; modifies calice [sic] |